From 2001 to 2015, PERC held an annual Enviropreneur Institute. The program served as an accelerator for entrepreneurs who harnessed the power of markets to resolve environmental issues or enhance environmental quality.

PERC hosts an annual Enviropreneur Hackathon, where enviropreneurs are presented with a current environmental challenge and work to develop innovative market solutions It is a competition of ideas as teams develop, refine, and pitch remedies. The judging panel is made up of conservation professionals that may be interested in supporting, and ultimately implementing, the market-based solutions created.